On March 19, 2022, after almost a month of failed attempts, the Russians finally occupied Snihurivka. Now the doctors’ task became far more complicated – they had not only to treat, but also secretly evacuate Ukrainian soldiers from the medical facility. If the occupiers had disclosed their plan, it could have resulted in the deaths of both doctors and soldiers.
Read the story of Valentyn Shmyhelskyi, a Ukrainian doctor Snihurivka in the Mykolayiv region, about life and work under occupation